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Table 10_3_6-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_3_6.1Hospital patients with adverse drug events with hypoglycemic agents, including insulin, oral hypoglycemic, or combination of both, United States, 2004 and 2006a

Population group

2006

2004

Exposed

Adverse events

Percent

SE

Exposed

Adverse events

Percent

SE

Total

8,279

1,025

12.4

0.4

7,065

758

10.7

0.4

Age

Under 65

1,583

226

14.3

0.9

1,313

164

12.5

0.9

65–74

2,800

320

11.4

0.6

2,399

243

10.1

0.6

75–84

2,848

354

12.4

0.6

2,486

265

10.7

0.6

85 and over

1,048

125

11.9

1.0

867

86

9.9

1.0

Gender

Male

3,806

455

12.0

0.5

3,222

353

11.0

0.6

Female

4,473

570

12.7

0.5

3,843

405

10.5

0.5

Race

White

6,561

760

11.6

0.4

5,641

570

10.1

0.4

Black

1,102

182

16.5

1.1

955

147

15.4

1.2

Other

616

83

13.5

1.4

469

41

8.7

1.3

Diabetes

Yes

7,017

948

13.5

0.4

6,155

720

11.7

0.4

No

1,262

77

6.1

0.7

910

38

4.2

0.7

Obesity

Yes

1,793

227

12.7

0.8

1,348

142

10.5

0.8

No

6,486

798

12.3

0.4

5,717

616

10.8

0.4

Cerebrovascular disease

Yes

2,144

307

14.3

0.8

1,972

233

11.8

0.7

No

6,135

718

11.7

0.4

5,093

525

10.3

0.4

CHF/pulmonary edema

Yes

3,341

523

15.7

0.6

2,833

380

13.4

0.6

No

4,938

502

10.2

0.4

4,232

378

8.9

0.4

COPD

Yes

2,875

377

13.1

0.6

2,350

250

10.6

0.6

No

5,404

648

12.0

0.4

4,715

508

10.8

0.5

Smoking

Yes

1,269

184

14.5

1.0

1,037

124

12.0

1.0

No

7,010

841

12.0

0.4

6,028

634

10.5

0.4

Cancer

Yes

DNA

DNA

DNA

DNA

1,628

168

10.3

0.8

No

DNA

DNA

DNA

DNA

5,437

590

10.9

0.4

Corticosteroids

Yes

788

113

14.3

1.3

662

82

12.4

1.3

No

7,491

912

12.2

0.4

6,403

676

10.6

0.4

Coronary artery disease

Yes

4,371

589

13.5

0.5

3,908

448

11.5

0.5

No

3,908

436

11.2

0.5

3,157

310

9.8

0.5

Renal disease

Yes

3,314

583

17.6

0.7

2,403

383

15.9

0.7

No

4,965

442

8.9

0.4

4,662

375

8.0

0.4

a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.